The application belongs to the technical field of
resource utilization of medicinal residue, and particularly relates to a method for selectively extracting
cellulose from medicinal residue by oxidation. The method for selectively extracting
cellulose from medicinal residue by oxidation provided in the application can efficiently extract
cellulose from medicinal residue waste in one step, and realize harmless disposal and
resource utilization of medicinal residue waste. The application uses medicinal residue waste as
raw material, does not need any pretreatment, removes non-cellulose
plant components based on one-step oxidation of
potassium peroxydisulfate, efficiently and selectively extracts cellulose, and the purity of the extracted cellulose is as high as 95%. In the application,
potassium peroxydisulfate as a strong oxidant degrades the amorphous region of medicinal residue waste, avoiding the removal of non-cellulose
plant components by pretreatment. The method provided in the application does not involve toxic or costly chemical reagents, is simple in steps, short in time consumption, low in
energy consumption, small in
wastewater production, low in COD value, and realizes the recycling of cellulose.